silence of the lambs

i have not watched the film. But thought i would read the book. i thought of testing the water by getting Thomas Harris' Red Dragon - silence of the lambs and hannibal came after red dragon. i did find it palatable. So i got myself the other two books.

It was good - well, i did not finish it in one sitting as i normally do. But it had more to do with my unusually busy "social life" than with the lack of pace of the story! Coming back to the book, it was good, but i did say that before, didn't i? i am rambling...

The only spoiler, if i can call it that, was that since i knew jodie foster and anthony hopkins played the part of Clarice Starling (She is the FBI investigator who got to the maniac) and Hannibal Lecter, their images kept springing up in my mind. His storyline was taut but i am not too impressed with his writing style.

"Hannibal" is next on my list. Going by the reviews, this is supposedly much better than the first two books. Can't wait to find out.

i don't think i would like to watch the screen version of the book. Firstly, i am a scare-dy cat and i just cannot bear to watch violent or scary movies (but i can read them!). We did try to watch Hannibal once and i remember hiding behind his broad back and peeping out once in a while to see what was going on. We never got to the end. Secondly, somehow all movie adaptations of books i like have turned me off. Give me the written words anyday. i would rather "see" the book in my own imagination, live out my interpretation of it.

i think i over-stuffed myself at M-da's pleace yesterday. The food was OK - luchi, gobi, chingri mach, dokha dalna, mangso, dal. We are going out for dinner tonight-a bangladeshi restuarant and i am pretty sure to be greedy and overindulge myself! Glutton!